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Understanding the Water Flow Water is clearly critical to life. But water is a very regional resource. Some areas have plenty of water and there is no concern. Other areas have no water but their neighbors do. Below are some resources to better understand the issues and solutions.

California farmers use 50,000 to 75,000 tons of plastic per year. Americans do less recycling and ship plastic trash to China. China wants better quality plastic and has setup a Green Fence policy. This will force the USA to upgrade facilities to handle plastic better so China will buy it.

What does happen to the plastic bottles and raspberry containers you put out by the curb every Thursday? Interestingly, they are sent to Chinese recycling facilities. China is now only accepting high-value plastic, and California’s farmers are grappling with what to do with the 50,000 to 75,000 tons of plastic they use each year.

In a recent report, from the University of Michigan, agriculture was identified as one environmental stressors on the Great Lakes.

Agriculture is one of the key stressors of the Great Lakes ecosystem. A study from the University of Michigan identifies key issues and stressors plus provides tools to look at the lakes in a way to help plan to the future uses of water, land, and lake environment.